Thank you guys for the support and for watching the race!
I wasn't pleased with my 9th place qualifying position. We showed during the race and practice that the car was faster than that (hopping out of the lighter and more nimble BMW M3 GT car that I drove in the Grand-Am race just prior to NNS qualifying didn't help).
We had a really fast car and planned on a 2-stop strategy from the beginning. It was hard to hold my ego back and conserve fuel for the last 15 laps or so when I was in P2 because I knew I could run down JV but the likelyhood of the track staying green to the end was very unlikely. Sure enough 2 green-white-checker restarts ensued with a spin from my teammate causing the 2nd. We were almost out of fuel but were going to risk it until they added another yellow flag lap due to a hose clamp presumably on the track which was the final straw that broke the camel's back.
It was heartbreaking to have to pull off the track from 2nd on that last restart when we had a car that I knew could win the race. The 8th place finish wasn't too bad after restarting in 20th and i'm happy we made the call because we wouldn't have made it if we stayed out.
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